A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15222008. Unique identifier: pr15222008. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 08:07:34 / August 10, 2015 @ 8:07 am. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:07:34 / 4:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.3432° West, latitude 18.979° North, depth = 36 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (49 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fajardo, Luquillo, Culebra (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 74 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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